McConnell backs Liz Cheney as pro-Trump forces continue campaign to expel her from GOP leadership

[Conservative Angle]

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Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backed Sen. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as supporters of former President Donald Trump continued their campaign to expel her from GOP leadership for voting in favor of his second impeachment.

"Liz Cheney is a leader with deep convictions and the courage to act on them," McConnell said in a statement Monday to CNN.

"She is an important leader in our party and in our nation," he added. "I am grateful for her service and look forward to continuing to work with her on the crucial issues facing our nation."

Cheney was among the 10 Republicans who voted for the impeachment of former President Trump at the end of his term for incitement of insurrection. Democrats accused Trump of inciting the rioting at the U.S. Capitol that erupted when his supporters attempted to violently stop members of Congress from confirming the official results of the 2020 election.

Fervent allies of Trump have since excoriated Cheney and demanded her ouster from GOP leadership. Cheney is the third-highest ranking Republican.

The Republican Party of Wyoming voted unanimously to censure Cheney for her vote, and she has already drawn a primary challenge from a state lawmaker who accused her of out of touch with the will of the state's residents.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) held a small rally in Cheney's home state on Thursday to lambast her and encourage her constituents to vote against her in the next election. Gaetz referred to Cheney as a "beltway bureaucrat turned fake cow girl" to the hundreds of supporters who showed up.

Some Republicans, like Sen. Chip Roy of Texas and former President George W. Bush, have defended Cheney from her critics.

Cheney will face her primary challenger in the election next year.

Here's more about the pro-Trump campaign against Cheney:

Rep. Liz Cheney facing backlash over vote to impeach former President Trump

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[PHenry'sire]

Mitch knows he's at the end of his career and he wants to make a statement about who RUNS the party and the Senate. Liz, OTOH, wanted a future and she blew herself out of the water. ALL traitors to this president need to pay the career price for it.

 

[Conservative Angle]

Mitch knows he's at the end of his career

THAT, right there sums up the problem with politics; It's NOT supposed to be a career!

The founding fathers envisioned people serving a term or two and then going back to inn keeping, farming, or whatever they did before entering office.

Term limits are desperately needed to protect us from ourselves.

 

[PHenry'sire]

THAT, right there sums up the problem with politics; It's NOT supposed to be a career!

The founding fathers envisioned people serving a term or two and then going back to inn keeping, farming, or whatever they did before entering office.

Term limits are desperately needed to protect us from ourselves.

My now deceased father-in-law was a firm believer in term limits but I think the despicable actions that were taken against President Trump and practically half his staff came at the hands of bureaucrats that never have to stand for election. If all the members of Congress were only able to stay say, 2 terms, essentially we'd be a nation run by unelected bureaucrats. I'm not sure there IS any good answer any longer. One thing is certain, this system is BADLY broken.

 

[Conservative Angle]

If all the members of Congress were only able to stay say, 2 terms, essentially we'd be a nation run by unelected bureaucrats.

We ARE run by bureaucrats!

They're called 'The Deep State'.

You're right, the system is badly broken and thoroughly corrupt. We're past the point of fixing our nation via peaceful means.

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

- John F. Kennedy